The South China Morning Post has Zhang Jun,professor of economics and director of the China Centre for Economic Studies at Fudan University, Shanghai, look at the role of efficiency in China’s growth model He identifies as a primary consideration is what drove historical total factor productivity gains, but he does not provide an answer. He …
Uranium production in Kazakhstan amounted to 22,500 tons in 2013, which corresponds to the planned targets. Kazakhstan produced 20,900 tons of uranium in 2012. The exports on contracts in Kazakhstan (excluding Stepnogorsk Mining-Chemical Complex) amounted to 23,400 tons of uranium concentrate. Kazakhstan has maintained leadership in the global uranium mining industry, providing more than 38 …
Here is a collection of articles that give a snapshot look at what is going on with China urbanization , hukou reform and one child policy relaxation and the future of those policies. 1. CNN reports on China’s urbanization and Hukou (urban passport and social service access) reform. The government recently announced planned reforms of …
The CORAL project, (Collaboration of Oak Ridge, Argonne and Livermore) – formed so that they could combine forces when purchasing their next major supercomputing installations. In the next 2-3 years, all three Department of Energy (DOE) centers will be seeking to deploy their first 100-plus petaflop systems. The collaboration enables the labs to combine experience …
Translated statistics from China. The China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) released the first 33 “China Internet Development Statistics Report Network” (hereinafter referred to as the “Report”) in Beijing. The Report shows that as of December 2013, China’s internet users reached 618 million There was an increase of 53.5 million internet users in China in …
New Scientist reports that Matthias Troyer of ETH Zurich in Switzerland has tested a D-Wave Two computer against a conventional, “classical” machine running an optimised algorithm – and they have found no evidence of superior performance in the D-Wave machine. DWave, Google and Lockheed remain optimistic of the usefulness of the machine and of future …
The NSA and any future chinese supercodebreaking supercomputer or quantum computers will get all of the secrets of the lazy and the sloppy. These are systems for the spies who want to stay in their armchairs to gather pictures from spy satellites and filter easedropped phonecalls and emails. Basic steps can be taken to fool …
DBS Bank and IBM today announced an agreement in which DBS will deploy IBM’s Watson cognitive computing innovation to deliver a next- generation client experience. This collaboration is part of an ongoing journey by DBS to shape the future of banking. For a start, DBS intends to apply Watson to its wealth management business to …
Occasionally, short-term meteorological conditions merge with ongoing human emissions to produce extreme outbreaks of air pollution. In January 2013, a blanket of industrial pollution enveloped northeastern China. In June 2013, smoke from agricultural fires in Sumatra engulfed Singapore. In most cases, the most toxic pollution lingers for a few days or even weeks, bringing increases …
CBS has the script from “The Cleantech Crash” which aired on Jan. 5, 2014. Lesley Stahl is the correspondent. Shachar Bar-On, producer. Silicon Valley got Washington excited about it. President Bush was an early supporter, but the federal purse strings truly loosened under President Obama. Hoping to create innovation and jobs, he committed north of …
US oil tankers that comply with a 93 year old law (Jones act to protect US shipping industry from foreign competition) means costs are five times higher than buying ships from Asia. $200 million per ship instead of $40 million. When large container ships filled with bicycles and sleeper sofas leave China for the U.S., …